Farm-gate



A. TODD.

FARM GATE.

(No Model.)

No. 552,937. PatentedfJan. v14, 1896.

ANDREW UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

ALEXANDER TODD, OF KNOX CITY, MISSOURI.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,937, dated January14, 1896.

Application filed July 18, :H395x Serial No. 556,324. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

le it known that I, ALEXANDER TODD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Knox City, in the county of Knox and State 'of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farin-Gates g and Ido hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exactdescription oi the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters oi referencemarked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide a farm-gate thatwill be easy of operation, that will possess the necessary strength anddurability to withstand storins and rough usage, and a gate that can beconveniently elevated over snow-drifts or other obstructions and willpossess many advantages over the gates of the ordinary construction.

The invention therefore consists of a gate constructed substantially asshown in the drawings and hereinafter1 described and claimed.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view showing the gate in alowered position; Fig. 2, a detail view, on an enlarged scale, showingthe gate open and in anupright posit-ion, the support therefor beingpartly in section to show the spring-buier; Fig. 3, a detail perspectiveview of one of the slats or horizontal bars of the gate, showing thewire clip connected thereto and the ends of the cord for operating thegate attached to the clip.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the gate, which may be of anypreferred construction, and B the grooved post at the outer end of thegate to hold the saine in position when closed, the end of the gatefitting within the groove a, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

At the rear end of the gate A are two upright posts C D, and between theposts the rear end of said gate extends and is hinged to a suitablesupport E, which is fixed in the ground in any preferred way that willhold said support stationary and iirmly in position. p

The gate A is hinged at its lower inner corner, so that it 'may bebrought into position, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The posts C D have connected to their upper ends suitable groovedpulleys h, and to the sides of the posts are secured siniilar pulleys o,over which pass suitable cords F G, respectively. The ends of the cordsare attached to the eyes d of a suitable clip, preferably constructed ofwire, which is passed through a hole in one of the slats or bars of thegate and the ends of the wire afterward bent to form coils or eyes, asabove referred to. Any suitable means may be provided for attaching theends of the cords to the gate as found best adapted to the purpose. Thecords F G extend laterally or at right angles to the gate and uponopposite sides thereof and pass over pulleys c upon the upper end ofsuitable posts H I, said cords being provided with handles f to serve aspulls for raising or lowering the gate upon either side thereof by aperson on horseback or in a vehicle, as the case inay be.

l do not wish to be confined to any particular means of raising andlowering the gate, and any suitable and well-known means inay besubstituted for the cords and pulleys, this being shown as only one inmany means that may be employed for such purpose.

The support E has a spring-buffer J, consisting preferably of a coiledspring held within a inortise or recess g in the support, saidspring-buffer having tted over its upper end a cap 7L to forni a bearingfor the end of the gate when in an elevated position. (Shown in Fig. 2of the drawings.)

Any suitable spring bniier may be employed that will serve to break thefall of the gate when thrown over in the position shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, thereby taking the strain oft the hinges.

Suitably hinged to the upper inner end oithe gate A is a counterbalanceK to assist in raising it, said counterbalance having upon its underside near its hinged end a suitable hook L, which hook is adapted toengage with a retaining-loop M connected to the outer end of the supportE when said gate is in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Theretaining-loop M is provided with an antifriction-roller N, so that whenthe gate A is being elevated to an upright position the end of thecounterbalance K iirst strikes the antifriction-roller N. Said rollerwill forln a guide and support for the counterbalance un- IOO til thehook L engages with the loop ML when the gate will be held in an uprightposition. (Shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.) \Vithout the hook L andloop M the gate would vibrate up and down when striking the springvbufnfer and would weaken its hinged connection with the support.

The hinging of the eounterbalanoe to the gate enables saideounterbalanoe to adapt itself to the difference in the angle the gatewill assume when being` thrown back to an upright position; also, toengage the hook with the loop. l

Pulling' down upon the oord F G upon the opposite sides of the gate willopen and Close the gate, respectively, the eords operati-ng in l asimilar manner to those f usually employed on. `gates of thischarac-ter.

The gate and the ina-nner of hin ging it to the support, .as well as themanner of hinging,` the eounterbalanee, ina-y be variously modifiedwithout departing' from the principle of my invention. lt is desirablethat the eyes d of the Clip be swiveled or pivoted, so

to turn when the gate is raised or lowered, and for this reason l haveConstructed *he Clip as shown.

Having now fully described iny invention. what I claim as new, anddesire to secure oy Letters Patent, is

A gate hinged at its lower inner end to asuitable support, a springbuii'er connected thereto, a retaining loop attached to the end of thesupport and projecting upward a suitable distance and provided with aguideroller, a counter-balance hinged to the gate hayng a hook upon itsunder side adapted to engage with the loop when the gaie is in an openedposition, and means for operating the gate to close and open it,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that l elaiin the above I have hereunto subscribed my nainein the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER TODD.

fitnessesa EDW. O. DONNELL, A. A. Towson.

